Percentage distribution of mathematics lesson time spent by eighth-grade students on various activities in a typical week, by country: 2007

Country or other jurisdiction

Reviewing homework

Listening to lecture-style presenta-tions

Working problems with teacher's guidance

Working problems on their own without teacher's guidance

Listening to teacher re-teach and clarify content/ procedures

Taking tests or quizzes

Participating in classroom management tasks not related to the lesson's content/purpose

Other student activities

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

International average

11

(0.1)

20

(0.1)

21

(0.1)

16

(0.1)

12

(0.1)

10

(0.1)

5

(0.1)

5

(0.1)

Algeria1

11

(0.6)

15

(1.2)

21

(1.2)

15

(1.0)

18

(1.0)

10

(0.8)

5

(0.4)

5

(0.6)

Armenia

10

(0.4)

23

(0.9)

19

(0.6)

16

(0.6)

11

(0.4)

10

(0.4)

5

(0.3)

5

(0.7)

Australia

7

(0.3)

17

(0.8)

23

(1.0)

24

(1.2)

10

(0.5)

7

(0.3)

8

(0.5)

4

(0.4)

Bahrain2

11

(0.3)

23

(0.6)

18

(0.7)

12

(0.3)

15

(0.8)

11

(0.3)

6

(0.2)

6

(0.3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina2

7

(0.4)

29

(1.5)

24

(1.0)

15

(0.7)

11

(0.6)

7

(0.5)

3

(0.3)

4

(0.5)

Botswana2

13

(0.9)

13

(0.8)

20

(1.0)

21

(1.2)

10

(0.6)

10

(0.8)

6

(0.4)

6

(0.7)

Bulgaria

8

(0.4)

19

(1.1)

26

(1.0)

17

(0.7)

9

(0.4)

14

(0.6)

3

(0.3)

3

(0.3)

Chinese Taipei

13

(0.6)

41

(1.3)

13

(0.6)

7

(0.4)

10

(0.7)

8

(0.3)

5

(0.5)

3

(0.3)

Colombia

10

(0.3)

17

(0.9)

21

(0.8)

17

(0.7)

12

(0.7)

12

(0.5)

6

(0.4)

5

(0.5)

Cyprus2

20

(0.6)

17

(0.6)

23

(0.6)

12

(0.4)

10

(0.3)

9

(0.2)

7

(0.2)

4

(0.3)

Czech Republic

6

(0.3)

20

(0.6)

25

(0.8)

21

(0.7)

9

(0.3)

11

(0.4)

4

(0.3)

4

(0.3)

Egypt2

10

(0.4)

25

(1.2)

17

(0.7)

14

(0.8)

11

(0.5)

9

(0.4)

6

(0.4)

7

(0.4)

El Salvador

10

(0.5)

13

(0.8)

22

(0.8)

20

(0.8)

14

(0.6)

10

(0.5)

6

(0.4)

5

(0.3)

England3

6

(0.3)

17

(0.6)

28

(1.2)

23

(1.2)

11

(0.7)

4

(0.3)

7

(0.5)

4

(0.5)

Georgia4

11

(0.5)

21

(1.0)

19

(0.6)

15

(0.7)

11

(0.4)

12

(0.5)

5

(0.4)

6

(0.4)

Ghana2

12

(0.6)

16

(1.0)

18

(0.7)

15

(0.7)

11

(0.6)

15

(0.7)

8

(0.5)

6

(0.4)

Hong Kong SAR3,5

11

(0.7)

35

(1.6)

16

(0.9)

13

(0.8)

10

(0.4)

8

(0.4)

4

(0.4)

3

(0.4)

Hungary

11

(0.4)

12

(0.7)

27

(0.9)

22

(0.8)

9

(0.5)

11

(0.3)

4

(0.3)

4

(0.4)

Indonesia1

11

(0.5)

20

(1.0)

19

(0.9)

15

(0.8)

11

(0.6)

14

(0.7)

6

(0.3)

6

(0.5)

Iran, Islamic Republic of

11

(0.5)

16

(0.8)

19

(0.8)

14

(0.7)

16

(0.8)

11

(0.5)

7

(0.5)

7

(0.4)

Israel1,6

14

(0.5)

16

(1.0)

22

(0.7)

19

(0.8)

11

(0.4)

10

(0.6)

5

(0.3)

3

(0.5)

Italy

16

(0.6)

22

(0.6)

18

(0.6)

12

(0.4)

14

(0.5)

11

(0.5)

5

(0.3)

3

(0.3)

Japan

7

(0.4)

30

(0.8)

26

(0.9)

12

(0.9)

14

(0.5)

7

(0.4)

2

(0.3)

2

(0.4)

Jordan

12

(0.4)

19

(0.7)

18

(0.6)

15

(0.4)

14

(0.5)

11

(0.4)

6

(0.3)

6

(0.3)

Korea, Republic of

6

(0.2)

33

(1.1)

18

(0.6)

17

(0.6)

11

(0.5)

7

(0.4)

5

(0.3)

4

(0.3)

Kuwait1,7

11

(0.6)

21

(1.6)

18

(0.9)

14

(0.8)

16

(1.1)

9

(0.6)

7

(0.6)

5

(0.5)

Lebanon1

22

(1.2)

16

(1.0)

20

(1.2)

10

(1.0)

12

(0.6)

11

(0.5)

5

(0.5)

4

(0.4)

Lithuania4

9

(0.3)

9

(0.6)

26

(0.8)

25

(0.8)

11

(0.4)

14

(0.7)

3

(0.2)

3

(0.3)

Malaysia2

13

(0.8)

22

(1.3)

18

(0.8)

13

(0.7)

12

(0.6)

9

(0.4)

7

(0.5)

5

(0.4)

Malta

18

(#)

19

(#)

20

(#)

15

(#)

12

(#)

5

(#)

8

(#)

3

(#)

Norway

8

(0.4)

22

(0.7)

22

(0.9)

25

(1.0)

11

(0.4)

6

(0.2)

4

(0.3)

3

(0.3)

Oman2

11

(0.5)

18

(1.1)

20

(0.8)

14

(0.6)

15

(0.9)

11

(0.6)

6

(0.3)

6

(0.4)

Palestinian National Authority2

13

(0.7)

20

(0.9)

18

(0.7)

14

(0.8)

13

(0.6)

9

(0.5)

6

(0.4)

6

(0.5)

Qatar2

11

(#)

21

(#)

20

(#)

13

(#)

14

(#)

10

(#)

6

(#)

6

(#)

Romania

9

(0.4)

18

(0.8)

29

(0.8)

14

(0.5)

9

(0.3)

14

(0.7)

3

(0.2)

3

(0.3)

Russian Federation

10

(0.2)

18

(0.5)

22

(0.6)

20

(0.5)

9

(0.2)

16

(0.4)

1

(0.1)

4

(0.4)

Saudi Arabia2

12

(0.5)

22

(1.2)

17

(0.9)

11

(0.5)

15

(0.9)

10

(0.5)

7

(0.4)

7

(0.4)

Scotland3

8

(0.4)

21

(0.6)

25

(1.2)

24

(1.1)

8

(0.3)

3

(0.2)

6

(0.4)

4

(0.5)

Serbia4,8

6

(0.3)

24

(1.2)

26

(1.1)

20

(1.0)

10

(0.6)

8

(0.5)

3

(0.3)

3

(0.4)

Singapore

12

(0.4)

26

(0.8)

19

(0.5)

13

(0.4)

10

(0.3)

8

(0.3)

8

(0.4)

5

(0.4)

Slovenia

10

(0.3)

21

(0.5)

23

(0.6)

21

(0.6)

11

(0.4)

5

(0.3)

4

(0.2)

4

(0.4)

Sweden2

4

(0.2)

15

(0.6)

33

(1.3)

28

(1.6)

9

(0.3)

6

(0.2)

3

(0.2)

4

(0.5)

Syrian Arab Republic2

12

(0.6)

24

(1.3)

16

(0.8)

10

(0.5)

15

(0.8)

12

(0.6)

6

(0.4)

6

(0.6)

Thailand

12

(0.6)

21

(1.0)

15

(0.7)

12

(0.5)

15

(0.6)

10

(0.5)

8

(0.4)

7

(0.5)

Tunisia1

15

(1.0)

13

(1.2)

25

(1.4)

16

(1.3)

17

(1.0)

8

(0.7)

4

(0.4)

3

(0.3)

Turkey

8

(0.6)

20

(1.2)

19

(1.0)

13

(0.7)

14

(0.9)

8

(0.6)

10

(1.1)

8

(0.9)

Ukraine

11

(0.4)

14

(0.7)

19

(0.6)

18

(0.6)

17

(0.9)

14

(0.6)

2

(0.3)

4

(0.4)

United States3,8

13

(0.4)

21

(0.6)

19

(0.5)

17

(0.5)

10

(0.3)

11

(0.3)

5

(0.3)

5

(0.4)

0

(0.0)

0

0

#Rounds to zero.

1 Data are available for at least 50 percent but less than 70 percent of students.

2 Data are available for at least 70 percent but less than 85 percent of students.

3 Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after replacement schools were included.

4 National Target Population does not include all of the International Target Population defined by the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

5 Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.

6 National Defined Population covers less than 90 percent of National Target Population (but at least 77 percent).

7 Kuwait tested the same cohort of students as other countries, but later in 2007, at the beginning of the next school year.

8 National Defined Population covers 90 to 95 percent of National Target Population.

NOTE: Data provided by teachers. Countries were required to sample students in the grade that corresponded to the end of 8 years of formal schooling, providing that the mean age at the time of testing was at least 13.5 years. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007, TIMSS 2007 International Mathematics Report, by Ina V.S. Mullis et al. (This table was prepared May 2009.)